Former Florida coach: 'Maybe we erred' by giving 2nd chances

11:48 PM,
Jul. 24, 2013

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer speaks during Big Ten football media days Wednesday in Chicago.

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Dan Wolken
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Knowing he would be peppered with questions about player discipline issues during his five seasons at Florida and more recently at Ohio State, coach Urban Meyer arrived at Big Ten media days with a posture and tone he rarely displays.

Normally defensive, bordering on confrontational, about his teams' unpleasant track record of off-field issues, Meyer instead seemed wistful Wednesday and wondered whether he gave some players too many second chances.

"Obviously there are some things that maybe we erred," Meyer said. "We're not the only program in America that makes mistakes, (but) we've ...